Looking for a Daddy
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1961Production year
1961Premiere
29 December 1961Runtime
80 minDirector
František DanielCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Hledá se táta!Czech title
Hledá se táta!English title
Looking for a DaddySynopsis
Standa Hurych has finished his national military service and has begun to work as a driver in an infant nursing institute. On the bus, he meets the elderly Mr Houdek, who wants to adopt the illegitimate child of Květa Slavatová, his colleague from the dining cars of the Czechoslovak Railways. Mrs Houdková, however, wants to know the name of little Honzík's father, for she suspects her own husband of the paternity. The handsome nurse Magda, who has been raising Honzík and likes him very much, is to get this name from Slavatová. She goes to visit her in Prague with Standa, but she fail to get it. At that instant, Standa interferes in the course of events and launches a Large-scale search. He finds out along with Magda that Slavatová in fact does not know the father. It was probably a soldier whom the young woman met in the Kašperk Mountains. That is where Standa, too, served his military service. He therefore turns to his friends there and, with Magda, writes a letter to all those ex-soldiers who could be the man. But this only causes a lot of problems. During their search, the young couple becomes close and they even begin to think about marriage. Their happiness, however, is shaken by a single sentence of the institute's head physician - they learn that Honzík was born prematurely, two months before the term, and thus even Standa may be the father. When Standa sees Květa in a photograph, the possibility turns into certainty. He decides to adopt the son himself and bring him up but he cannot face Magda. She, however, does not let him leave her.
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Cast
Vladimír Menšík
řidič Standa Hurych
Gabriela Vránová
zdravotní sestra Magda
Felix le Breux
primář kojeneckého ústavu
Marcela Martínková
zdravotní sestra Evka
Eva Miláčková
zdravotní sestra Olina
Josef Kemr
kuchař Houdek, žadatel o adopci
Libuše Havelková
Klárka, Houdkova žena
Aida Glosová
Voice by Alena Kreuzmannová
Květa Slavatová, Houdkova kolegyně
Věra Tichánková
zdravotní sestra Žižková
Marie Poslušná
zdravotní sestra Jindra
Valentina Thielová
prodavačka Marcela
Zdeněk Řehoř
Prošek
Václav Sloup
Karel, Standův kamarád
Iva Janžurová
Vlasta, Karlova žena
Milan Neděla
lesník
Zdeněk Kutil
nadrotmistr Kaktus
Jiří Němeček
kapitán Liška
Alexandra Myšková
Růženka, Liškova žena
Vlastimil Brodský
příslušník železniční stráže
Jiří Sovák
poručík VB
Anna Melíšková
babička Lišková
Jiřina Steimarová
sousedka s natáčkami
Václav Tomšovský
Emil, Standův kamarád
Eva Mrázová
Irena, Emilova žena
Zuzana Dubská
zdravotní sestra Marie
Jaroslava Panýrková
zdravotní sestra Zdena
Gustav A. Kosi
otec černoch
Lubomír Kostelka
kapitán v džípu
Vladimír Klemens
taxikář
Blažena Kramešová
Císařová
Jaroslav Štercl
vrátný na nádraží
Jiřina Bílá
průvodčí v autobuse
Věra Váchová
průvodčí
Bohumíra Peychlová
Kalousová
Ota Žebrák
tlumočník zahraniční delegace
Jaroslav Janeček
Honzík, syn Slavatové
Zuzana Hájková
Jarmilka, Proškova dcera
Eman Fiala
vrátný v kojeneckém ústavu
Eva Danielová
dívka
Václav Podhorský
číšník
František Šeba
manžel
Zdeněk Týle
muž s ručníkem
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ludmila Sovová, Miloš Sršeň, František Zajíček
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Oldřich Tichý, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Antonín Kubový, František Jaderník
Unit Production Manager
Ladislav Dražan
Cooperation
Jaroslav Trousil (fotograf), zaměstnanci Kojeneckého ústavu ve Veské, Dagmar Rašilovová, Hovorková
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Vím, že bývá malý člověk sám
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Rudolf Cortés
Production info
Original Title
Hledá se táta!
Czech Title
Hledá se táta!
English Title
Looking for a Daddy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 8 March 1961
technical Screenplay approved 10 April 1961
start of filming 15 May 1961
end of filming 31 August 1961
projection approval 7 November 1961
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
Premiere
preview 22 December 1961 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 29 December 1961 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Paříž /4 týdny/, Flora /1 týden/, Květen /1 týden od 5. 1. 1962/ a Mír /1 týden od 12. 1. 1962/, Praha)
premiere 29 December 1961 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
80 min
Original length in metres
2 271 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
